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Back to EpisodesNice Games Jam: "Space Mall Mystery VHS Game"
Episode 376
Published 1 year, 6 months ago
Description
In this episode Lydia is back in the clubhouse to discuss her first job, and to help make a game about said job. But, because your nice hosts couldn't choose just one, it is also about Ellen's job at her parents' pet store, and Stephen's first job. Mark's also.
- When introducing Lydia to the concept of a nice games jam, the stages of the nice game jam are referenced. Here are the stages: 1) Panic 2) Prompt 3) More Panic 4) Scramble 5) Oh, we can do this 6) We did this - let’s do more
- While designing this game Stephen mentions the phrase "experience bij." This comes from the 'Star Trek the Next Generation Interactive VCR Board Game."
Prompt
"Create a game based on one of your team’s first job (either gig-based, such as babysitting or lawn mowing or paycheck based), but set in a world with either evil robots, monsters, or aliens."
Game type
Tabletop game
Materials
VHS tape
Mall map
Rules
- Takes place in a mall, in a starbase
- Theater, retail, pet store, cafeteria
- Pen and paper RPG, players need to figure out what’s going on outside without leaving the mall/their jobs
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